1965: My 100+ Favorite Records

[NightTrain]

Since 1965 was such a remarkably good year for popular music, I allowed myself the luxury of picking 120 songs instead of my usual 100. As always, the list is alphabetical by song title. Have fun!

AGENT DOUBLE-O-SOUL – Edwin Starr
AIN’T THAT PECULIAR? – Marvin Gaye
ALL DAY AND ALL OF THE NIGHT – The Kinks
ASK THE LONELY – The Four Tops
BABY, PLEASE DON’T GO - Them
BACK IN MY ARMS AGAIN – The Supremes
CALIFORNIA GIRLS – The Beach Boys
A CHANGE IS GONNA COME – Sam Cooke
DANGER: HEARTBREAK DEAD AHEAD – The Marvelettes
DIZZY MISS LIZZIE – The Beatles
DO YOU BELIEVE IN MAGIC? – The Lovin’ Spoonful
DON’T LET ME BE MISUNDERSTOOD – The Animals
DON’T LOOK BACK – The Temptations
DON’T MESS UP A GOOD THING – Fontella Bass & Bobby McClure
DUST MY BROOM – Elmore James (Recorded in 1963)
EIGHT DAYS A WEEK – The Beatles
FIRST I LOOK AT THE PURSE – The Contours
FOR YOUR LOVE – The Yardbirds
GAME OF LOVE – Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders
GET OFF MY CLOUD – The Rolling Stones
GIVE HIM A GREAT BIG KISS – The Shangri-La’s
GLORIA – Them
GO NOW! – The Moody Blues
GOODBYE, SO LONG – Ike & Tina Turner
HANG ON SLOOPY – The McCoys
HE WAS REALLY SAYIN’ SOMETHIN’ – The Velvelettes
HEART FULL OF SOUL – The Yardbirds
HEARTBEAT – Gloria Jones
HELP! – The Beatles
HELP ME RHONDA – The Beach Boys
HERE COMES THE NIGHT – Them
I AIN’T GONNA EAT OUT MY HEART ANYMORE – The Young Rascals
I AIN’T NO MIRACLE WORKER – The Brogues
I CAN’T EXPLAIN – The Who
(I CAN’T GET NO) SATISFACTION – The Rolling Stones
I CAN’T HELP MYSELF (SUGAR PIE, HONEY BUNCH) – The Four Tops
I DO – The Marvelows
I DO LOVE YOU – Billy Stewart
I DON’T KNOW WHAT YOU GOT, BUT IT’S GOT ME – Little Richard
I GOT YOU (I FEEL GOOD) – James Brown
I SEE THE LIGHT – The Five Americans
I WANT CANDY – The Strangeloves
I WANT YOU TO HAVE EVERYTHING – Lee Rogers
I’LL BE DOGGONE – Marvin Gaye
I’LL FEEL A WHOLE LOT BETTER – The Byrds
I’M A MAN – The Yardbirds
I’M DOWN – The Beatles
I’M STILL LOVING YOU – Kim Weston
I’VE BEEN LOVING YOU TOO LONG (TO STOP NOW) – Otis Redding
IN THE MIDNIGHT HOUR – Wilson Pickett
AN INVITATION TO CRY – The Magicians
IT’S ALRIGHT - Adam Faith
IT’S GONNA BE ALRIGHT – Gerry & The Pacemakers
IT’S MY LIFE – The Animals
IT’S THE SAME OLD SONG – The Four Tops
KILLING FLOOR – Howlin’ Wolf
KISS ME BABY – The Beach Boys
LAND OF 1000 DANCES – Cannibal & The Headhunters
LET HER DANCE – The Bobby Fuller Four
LET ME DOWN EASY – Betty LaVette
LIAR, LIAR – The Castaways
LIES – The Knickerbockers
LIKE A ROLLING STONE – Bob Dylan
LONELY, LONELY GIRL AM I – The Velvelettes
MAKE ME YOUR BABY – Barbara Lewis
MAMA DIDN’T RAISE NO FOOL – Sugar Pie DeSanto (Unreleased)
MOVE IT ON OVER – Del Shannon
MOVE OVER AND LET ME DANCE – The Isley Brothers
MR. TAMBOURINE MAN – The Byrds
MY GIRL – The Temptations
MYSTIC EYES - Them
THE NIGHT BEFORE – The Beatles
NOTHING BUT HEARTACHES – The Supremes
NOWHERE TO RUN – Martha & The Vandellas
ONLY TIME WILL TELL – Etta James
OOO BABY BABY – Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
OUT OF OUR TREE – The Wailers
PAPA’S GOT A BRAND NEW BAG – James Brown
PEOPLE GET READY – The Impressions
PLAY WITH FIRE – The Rolling Stones
POSITIVELY 4TH STREET – Bob Dylan
RESCUE ME – Fontella Bass
RESPECT – Otis Reding
RIDE YOUR PONY – Lee Dorsey
RIGHT NOW AND NOT LATER – The Shangri-La’s
ROAD RUNNER – The Pretty Things
RUN FOR YOUR LIFE – The Beatles
SHAKE – Sam Cooke
SHAKIN’ ALL OVER – The Guess Who
SHE’S ABOUT A MOVER – The Sir Douglas Quintet
SHOTGUN – Junior Walker & The All-Stars
SINCE I LOST MY BABY – The Temptations
SO WHAT!! – The Lyrics
SOMETHING ABOUT YOU – The Four Tops
SOOKIE, SOOKIE – Don Covay
THE SOUL OF A MAN – Fontella Bass
STEPPIN’ OUT – Paul Revere & The Raiders
STOP! IN THE NAME OF LOVE – The Supremes
STRYCHNINE – The Sonics
SUBTERRANEAN HOMESICK BLUES – Bob Dylan
TAKE ME IN YOUR ARMS (ROCK ME A LITTLE WHILE) – Kim Weston
TEASIN’ YOU – Willie Tee
TEMPTATION ‘BOUT TO GET ME – The Knight Brothers
THESE CHAINS OF LOVE (ARE BREAKING ME DOWN) – Chuck Jackson
THIS CAN’T BE TRUE – Eddie Holman
TICKET TO RIDE – The Beatles
TOO MANY FISH IN THE SEA – The Marvelettes
TOO MANY PEOPLE – The Leaves
TRACKS OF MY TEARS – Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
VOICE YOUR CHOICE – The Radiants
WE GOTTA GET OUT OF THIS PLACE – The Animals
WHEN I’M GONE – Brenda Holloway
WHO’LL BE THE NEXT IN LINE? – The Kinks
WOMAN’S GOT SOUL – The Impressions
WOOLY BULLY – Sam The Sham & The Pharaohs
YES, I’M READY – Barbara Mason
YOU TURN ME ON – Ian Whitcomb
YOU’RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT – The Apollas
YOU’RE GONNA MAKE ME CRY – O.V. Wright
YOU’VE LOST THAT LOVIN’ FEELIN’ – The Righteous Brothers

[jus_the_facts]

1. man....every time I see your handle....it *always* reminds me of....

....."...I'm on a night train...bottoms up...I'm on a night train...fill my cup....I'm on a night train...ready to crash and burn...I'll never learn...I'm on a night train...lalalala" Guns~n~Roses :evilgrin:

....great list...I'm diggin' it...lots of 'em are favorites of mine as well!:)

[DrFunkenstein]

23. James Brown's Night Train?

All board...the Night Train!

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[ClintonTyree]

2. Your lists...............

just kill me. It's like looking at my life in slow motion or something. I can relate an event or an emotion to just about every one of them. A true "trip" down memory lane........I've forgotten that many of those songs existed. Thanks, now if you could just create CD's with all of them I'd pay some big bucks.

[NightTrain]

10. Funny you should mention that....

<<Thanks, now if you could just create CD's with all of them I'd pay some big bucks.>>

I already have--four CDs per year, and five when I extend my lists to 120 songs. Suffice it to say, they make for awesome car listening!

[newyawker99]

21. Congrats NightTrain!!! 600 posts

:toast:

[NightTrain]

22. Hey, you're right!

Must've happened last night when I wasn't looking. :party:

[procopia]

3. You left out this one?

SATISFACTION by the Rolling Stones was one of my most memorable songs from the summer of '65. Way back then, my friends and I thought the lyrics were shocking! "I can't get no...da da da"

[NightTrain]

9. Of course I included "Satisfaction"!

It's under "I," not "S," for "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction."

Yeah, no matter how many times I hear that one, I nevr, ever get tired of it! I still love that part about the cigarettes in Verse 2.
:toast:

[Alexander]

4. That's cool, but I think "Get Off Of My Cloud" came out in '66.

Unless you're a Brit.

[JitterbugPerfume]

5. oh my !!!

that was some trip down memory lane

[NightTrain]

12. Nope! "Get Off My Cloud" is definitely from 1965

It hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the week ending October 9, 1965.

You can trust me on these matters. When it comes to "oldies" music, I know my shit! ;-)

[TheBigGuy]

6. Hang on Sloopy? from 1965? ...neat...

I always liked that one.....and the same year as "Papas Got a Brand New Bag"...

[Diogenes2]

7. I'M A MAN

Great list! But isn't "I'M A MAN" by the Spencer Davis Group? Or am I thinking about another song?

[NightTrain]

13. Re: "I'm A Man"

The Yardbirds tune and the Spencer Davis record are two different songs that just happen to share a title. Both are great, though!

[Elidor]

8. I thought Land of a Thousand Dances was by Wilson Pickett

???

Sorry to see The Lion Sleeps Tonight didn't make it, but damn, there was a LOT of good music back then. Good list.

[NightTrain]

14. "Lion Sleeps Tonight" came out in '61, not '65

And it's on my 1961 list. Great, great record!

[Elidor]

19. That's odd, I'd always believed Lion Sleeps was #1 the week I was born

August 5, 1965. I guess I'm mistaken. But yes, great, great song! The original was a folk song from Africa that had been around for ages.

[NightTrain]

15. Re: Land of a Thousand Dances

By the time Pickett recorded "Land of 1000 Dances," two other versions had already charted: Chris Kenner's (1963) and Cannibal & The Headhunters. And needless to say, quite a few versions followed Pickett's!

[Individualist]

11. What memories

this brought back! You didn't like Herb Alpert's "A Taste of Honey"?

[King_Crimson]

16. Hey 'Train...

Where's "You're the One" by The Vogues? That was the song that got those guys started...1-2-3 by Len Barry...The In Crowd by Ramsey Lewis...Turn-Turn-Turn by The Byrds...You got to Hide Your Love Away by The Silkie

[NightTrain]

17. Best I can tell you is...

...that 100 (or in this case, 120) is a finite number. When you're trying to narrow down your musical tastes to their barest essence, you're inevitably going to leave out some worthwhile recordings. Boy, did I learn that the hard way while making these lists!

Just to clarify: by leaving out certain songs, I didn't mean to imply that they weren't any good, only that I didn't like them quite enough to include them in my top 100 of the year.

Keep in mind also, these lists merely reflect the personal tastes of a man who's not even old enough to remember the '60s! (I was born in 1966.) By no means do I intend them as the be-all and end-all of what was and wasn't good in popular music during the years I chronicled. I've merely posted my lists for the lounge's entertainment (and, in some cases, nostalgia).

Peace, out!

[King_Crimson]

18. Good show 'Train...

I know where you're coming from...I almost listed a few more then the thought struck me that Hey...ya CAN'T list 'em all! Just for the sake of nostalgia, I'm 52 and used to listen to Cousin Bruce Morrow on MusicRadio...77WABC outta New York! I live in Indiana and it used to be that around 8 p.m. or after you could pick that station up as clear as if it was a local station! Ahhhhhhh...the memories! Here's a site you might find interesting http://www.reelradio.com/extras.html

[NightTrain]

20. And here's a site YOU might find interesting....

http://www.musicradio77.com

It's a fan site dedicated to the history of WABC-AM. A must for anyone who ever listened to that station during the '60s or '70s!